Gov. Rick Scott:
Trial Lawyers and Unions are Playing Politics Instead of Putting Florida Children First

Governor Scott said, “Today, Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program provides more than 50,000 poor children access to a quality education and its student population is nearly 70 percent African Americans and Hispanics. It is unconscionable that trial lawyers and unions have ganged up to use these children as a political ploy. Quite simply, this careless action could have terrible consequences on the lives of Florida’s poorest children, who with the help of this program have a chance to escape poverty.

“Parents should have the opportunity to provide their children with the best education possible – and this suit flies in the face of those families who care about their child’s future. Once again, the usual Obama-team of trial lawyers and unions are playing politics instead of putting Florida children first – and we look forward to defending every families right to a quality education.”